Three Tacoma police officers face criminal charges: Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the charges today related to the killing of Manuel Ellis in March of last year. The AG filed charges against Officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins for second-degree murder and Officer Timothy Rankine for first-degree manslaughter. "If convicted, the standard sentencing range for second-degree murder with no prior criminal history is 10 to 18 years in prison. The standard range for.
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3 Tacoma cops charged with killing innocent man
Pierce County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Clark determined Ellis’s death to be a homicide caused by hypoxia due to physical restraint.
Captured on video footage beating an innocent man to death, two Tacoma police officers were charged Thursday with second degree murder while a third officer faces first degree manslaughter. Although the officers falsely reported that the victim was seen attempting to break into a parked car before attacking the officers, the videos and witnesses contradict the officers’ statements.
Around 11:21 p.m. on March 3, 2020, Manuel Ellis was walking home after purchasing water and donuts at a local 7-Eleven when Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins began speaking with him from their patrol car. Ellis, who reportedly suffered from schizophrenia and addiction, had been staying in sober housing during recent months and doing well.
Ellis was not fighting back. Three Tacoma officers charged in Manuel Ellis death
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1 day ago Stacia Glenn, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
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Decision in the police death of Manuel Ellis
More than a year after Manuel Ellis died in police custody, the attorney general charged three officers in his death Thursday, May 27.
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Three Tacoma police officers have been criminally charged for the death of Manuel Ellis, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday.
Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins were charged Thursday in Pierce County Superior Court with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. Timothy Rankine was charged with first-degree manslaughter.
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While fossil fuel companies defend against mounting climate liability lawsuits in court, their surrogates are working in parallel to target the attorneys, academics, and institutions supporting these lawsuits. This defensive strategy involves vigorous public records requests, and in some cases legal action or intervention, to try proving a supposed conspiracy by those working to hold polluters accountable.
ExxonMobil has itself argued that attorneys general and municipal officials that have sued the company are engaged in a conspiracy to take down Big Oil. That argument hasn’t gained traction in court, but this hasn’t stopped operatives tied to fossil fuel funding from trying to take up that charge.
March 15, 2021
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson wants an additional $2.8 million in legal fees and costs related to his lawsuit against anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon already granted Ferguson’s office legal fees in the case when he ruled against Eyman last month. A hearing on Ferguson’s specific request for $2.8 million is scheduled for next week.
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Eyman, in a fundraising email sent in response, said that last year the Attorney General’s Office, responding to a public records request, said it had spent $1.4 million on the case, through September 2020.
Eyman pays $10,000 to the state on the fifth of each month, as part of a court-approved payment plan, a total that will increase to $13,500 next year and continue for the foreseeable future.